For the cost of X, Marath allows you to remove that many counters from it in order to utilize one of three effects one of which happens to be to create an X/X Elemental token
These design elements make it clear that even if she shows up on Norns Decree, Vraska is heavily tied to and was possibly even compleated by the black-aligned strain of phyresis
Phyrexian Arena gives you an extra card per turn on your upkeep in exchange for losing 1 life per trigger
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Just being instant pretty much removes all diminishing returns from a discard card and so clique is a real winner with its ever so useful body
O'aka is, of course, a great way to keep lore counters low, drawing you cards in the process
